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Derby Notebook

Tragic end for Eight Belles

Filly put down after second-place finish

By Mark Blaudschun
Globe Staff / May 4, 2008

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LOUISVILLE, Ky. - In a moment of triumph, tragedy struck suddenly for Eight Belles, the only filly in yesterday's Kentucky Derby, who finished second to Big Brown. (Full article: 853 words)

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